Bleak House (1985)

An orphan is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors and meets her guardian for the first time.

Lady Dedlock takes an interest in the death of the mysterious law-writer, Nemo.

Tulkinghorn continues his investigations against the wishes of Lady Dedlock.

The moneylender, Smallweed, tries to obtain a sample of Captain Hawdon's handwriting.

Jo is questioned in Tulkinghorn's rooms about the lady he showed around London.

Esther becomes ill and it is soon apparent that she has smallpox.

There is an unpleasant discovery in the rooms of the lawyer, Tulkinghorn.

Lady Dedlock dies on the steps of the burial ground where her lover, Hawdon, was anonymously interred.